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Who chooses Music used in Film & TV ?
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Networking: for the Film & TV Music Composer
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Record Company 101
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Music Copyright 101
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Who chooses Music used in Film & TV ?
In surveying the users of music, there are a number of key people you need to get to know. First, is the Film Director. Often likened to a Record Producer, the Director is the person who is ultimately in control of the creative aspects of the project. As such they are a kindred spirit for [...]
Band / Artist
Networking: for the Film & TV Music Composer
Knowing who to contact is half the battle; but as important as this information is, it will come to nothing if you don’t present yourself and your work properly. Firstly, how do you even get to speak to these people ? Let’s look at the path the Composer would take. …for The Composer There is [...]
Band / Artist
Record Company 101
Basics A Record Company owns and controls recordings and typically earns its money by selling copies of those recordings to the general public – either through shops or by granting the right to other Record Companies to do so. Record Companies work with Artists and numerous other sup-port people such as Record Producers, Musicians and [...]
Band / Artist
Music Copyright 101
In the beginning … the time was March 1847 and the place was Paris, France. Two friends were enjoying a meal at a café. One was the French songwriter Ernest Bourget, whose music was, coincidentally, performed during their visit. When he was presented the bill for the meal, he refused to pay for it on [...]
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Film & TV Music Industry
Posted by Richard Jay
The global Music Industry is going through a tremendous amount of change right now: well-established record companies are downsizing, more artists than usual are having their contracts terminated and many smaller companies are just simply going out of business. At the time of writing (Winter 2002), some pretty alarming statistics were being reported: according to [...]
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Why Film & TV Companies need Music
Posted by Richard Jay
We just looked at some of the many reasons why a music copy-right holder would want to license their music into Films and TV shows; but why do these projects need music in the first place ?? The first uses of music with Film – not that long ago in fact – were pianists sitting [...]
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Who chooses Music used in Film & TV ?
Posted by Richard Jay
In surveying the users of music, there are a number of key people you need to get to know. First, is the Film Director. Often likened to a Record Producer, the Director is the person who is ultimately in control of the creative aspects of the project. As such they are a kindred spirit for [...]
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Networking: for the Film & TV Music Composer
Posted by Richard Jay
Knowing who to contact is half the battle; but as important as this information is, it will come to nothing if you don’t present yourself and your work properly. Firstly, how do you even get to speak to these people ? Let’s look at the path the Composer would take. …for The Composer There is [...]
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Networking: for Artists, Songwriters, Bands & Producers
Posted by Richard Jay
Knowing who to contact is half the battle; but as important as this information is, it will come to nothing if you don’t present yourself and your work properly. Firstly, how do you even get to speak to these people ? Let’s look at the path the Songwriter would take. …for The Songwriter The Artist/Writer [...]
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Where to find Film & TV projects looking for music
Posted by Richard Jay
Blindly marketing your wares is a major part of generating opportunities for yourself and we shall be looking at the necessary skills in the next chapter; but there are a number of more direct, less speculative ways in which you can find out precisely who is looking for music or likely to need it in [...]
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Promoting your Music to Film & TV Companies: Part 2
Posted by Richard Jay
Here are some examples: 1st Call “Hi, this is Richard Jay. I understand you’re the Music Super-visor for “The Irish Priest” and you’re looking for an Adult Contemporary ballad. I just wanted to let you know my band ‘Honeystone’ have a couple of tracks which I believe may be suitable, and one of them is [...]
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Promoting your Music to Film & TV Companies: Part 1
Posted by Richard Jay
Once you have established where the target audience is, the job of marketing begins. The mistake (I believe) many people make when trying to find their way through the Music Business, is they concentrate on the former (music) to the detriment of the latter (business). It case it isn’t clear already, there is a lot [...]